Generational Dynamics Forum - New Site

One of the worst things that people do to make the crisis worse is to believe and behave as if the crisis can be avoided, or averted, or diluted, or shortened, or minimized in impact. I think we as a society need to prepare for a crisis. If a Tsunami hits we are much better off with competent leade...

This is going to be the most pathetically funny show after the election. These guys are going to wear out their index fingers from pointing at each other to fix the blame. I don't think it will matter. The Republicans won't have much in the way of influence, and with the youth supporting democrats ...

Military people i.e., X-ers who were in Bush I or Bush II wars, and Boomers who were in Viet Nam war, and even WWII and Korean War generations -- (I don't know what these generations are called) -- are for McCain because they think Obama will take away their guns.... Wonder how shocked they'll be w...

Withlepoo, So, I am a bit confused about your position... You seem to be claiming that any type of universal health care plan will likely lead to significant restrictions on the availability of options. However, you also seem to be supporting a candidate who believes in removing the entire health ca...

Another way to twist this cycle is to consider the importance of Grandparents. One interesting note that isn't discussed much as that while a generations parents are largely split between the 2 preceding generations, the bulk of the Grandparents of a generation come from one preceding generation. Fo...

No way to stop malpractice insurance rates from going up without limiting awards in malpractice cases. Agreed... Perhaps this needs to be done... No way to force insurance carriers to cover pre-existing conditions without increasing insurance premiums. I would disagree here... Right now someone wit...

jgreenhall et al, Are you familiar with the double cycle theory some have discussed on the fourth turning forums? (The forums are currently down or I would provide a link). The general idea is that successive awakenings alternate between those that look for new spiritual paths (ie trascendental/boom...

Today's bitter political battles are generational. Obama's main attraction has been to young Millennials and Gen-Xers, because they identify with his contempt for Boomer and Silent generation values and accomplishments. McCain's main attraction has been to Boomers and Silents, because of his age an...

Nationalized health care will be a great shock to our system, especially for those who still seem to believe that you can somehow get something for nothing. Well.. Now we get something for twice as much per person as the rest of the industrialized world... We couldn't do much worse! Read Obama's He...

I don't know why you're limiting this question to the past couple of years. I would start further back, with the Iraq War authorization, passage of the Patriot Act ... and go all the way up to the recent bailout of Wall Street, that encourages the same irresponsible behavior that got us into this m...